The impact of physiological oxygen during culture, and vitrification for cryopreservation, on the outcome of extended culture in human IVF

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 137-141

  Gardner, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

blastocyst; culture; embryo transfer; implantation rate; pregnancy outcome; pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PREGNANCY RATE; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; VITRIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84949675152     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.11.008     Document Type: Note

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